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the only information i have is new york. >> yes, this is something that new york has asked. we have made it available to other states that have individual assistance. what we are looking at is the people that could not take power. this is where the power has come back on, but they have water damage -- we are providing funds to do more for this. if you are familiar where the temporary roofs we do to try to get people back in their homes -- what things can we do just get the power turned back on so people can stay in their homes and not have a much greater cost the taxpayers. we are doing just enough to get the power back on. in some cases with the way the homes are built and also water heaters. we are just doing enough so they can get back in their home. they are probably still going to need help from other programs and volunteer programs like red cross. but this gets us back to the power company and hooks them up and they can stay in their home while they make a temporary housing. >> as applied to people living in temporary housing? >> to be honest, i do not think so. we are
the only information i have is new york. >> yes, this is something that new york has asked. we have made it available to other states that have individual assistance. what we are looking at is the people that could not take power. this is where the power has come back on, but they have water damage -- we are providing funds to do more for this. if you are familiar where the temporary roofs we do to try to get people back in their homes -- what things can we do just get the power turned...
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in new york, we have 2474 applications received. we have 105 that have been approved, and 12 loans have been dispersed. the average loan, according to the documents preparing for this hearing, it was $13,000. i understand the loan amount have increased. this is real moving target. every 24 hours, these numbers move. the average business loan was $1116. hurricane rita was 135,000, hurricane ike was 129,000. hurricane isaac was 139. and yet we are at a lower number for others. but i want the members of this committee to know and for the administrators to know that my eyes are on the results, not the process and not how many people we have in the field. my eyes are going to be for the next year with the help of this committee. i think i have the support of both republicans and democrats on the results of getting loans quickly into the hands of businesses for. it is impossible for these communities to recover without small business leading the way. it is just not going to happen. homeowners can rebuild. but if there are no gas stations
in new york, we have 2474 applications received. we have 105 that have been approved, and 12 loans have been dispersed. the average loan, according to the documents preparing for this hearing, it was $13,000. i understand the loan amount have increased. this is real moving target. every 24 hours, these numbers move. the average business loan was $1116. hurricane rita was 135,000, hurricane ike was 129,000. hurricane isaac was 139. and yet we are at a lower number for others. but i want the...
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i worked in the private sector in new york and new jersey. one of the things i know there's a real potential here if we are avoiding future coasts, if we we are avoiding higher insurance costs or private sector cost in the future, there should be a way to captained lose the benefit in the -- capitalize the benefit in the future in to the private sector funding today. one of my principles in leading this, the federal government should be a leader, not the only leader, a leader in doing smart mitigation. we have to look to our participanter ins a the the state and local level. we need to look to the the private sector help leverage whatever funding with he provide to dot smart things. they'll be the beneficiaries as well if we avoid this kind of damage from happening again. >> and mr. fugate. >> yes, i think we show that in new jersey, new york, connecticut, other areas where we have used a flood insurance map programs to illustrate risk and homes were elevated, many of them had minimal damage and were able to be reoccupied when the power game
i worked in the private sector in new york and new jersey. one of the things i know there's a real potential here if we are avoiding future coasts, if we we are avoiding higher insurance costs or private sector cost in the future, there should be a way to captained lose the benefit in the -- capitalize the benefit in the future in to the private sector funding today. one of my principles in leading this, the federal government should be a leader, not the only leader, a leader in doing smart...
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. >> at the new york state museum. this is our gallery that is dedicated to the history of september 11th and the attacks in new york at the world trade center. we decided with the gallery, to tell the story for the first moments of the attack, using objects and photographs from the world trade center site. this piece of steel from the south tower, floors seven threw nine, we put it in the place where the public can touch it. gives the visitor a tangible experience. this is the piece of steel from the north tower, floors 71 through 74. this is the dramatically bent piece of steel. this is the site of impact on the north tower, and you can see the openings where the windows have been and the pieces of the metal that would have held aluminum on the front of the building. every piece of steel is marked so you know which building, which floor, which side of the building it's on. we researched that after we took in some steel. this one we found it was so close to impact, and because it had -- it actually has the chalk numbe
. >> at the new york state museum. this is our gallery that is dedicated to the history of september 11th and the attacks in new york at the world trade center. we decided with the gallery, to tell the story for the first moments of the attack, using objects and photographs from the world trade center site. this piece of steel from the south tower, floors seven threw nine, we put it in the place where the public can touch it. gives the visitor a tangible experience. this is the piece of...
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the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: thank you madam chairwoman for your leadership on this essential bill. i can't thank you enough for your tenacity and determination to meet the needs of so many affected families in our states. i also want to thank senator landrieu for her leadership to help craft this bill that way that has transparency and accountability and to learn from the mistakes of the past with hurricane katrina. she's worked overtime to make this bill a reality and i want to thank her. of course i want to thank my colleague, senator schumer for his extraordinary leadership. senator menendez and senator lautenberg on behalf of their state, it makes a huge difference. but i do want to start with senator mikulski went off in recognition to senator blumenthal. during the holidays, we often reflect on our blessings. we think about what is going well in our lives. we think -- we are very thankful for what's been given to us. and whether it's the health of our children, being if a safe, warm home, wheth
the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: thank you madam chairwoman for your leadership on this essential bill. i can't thank you enough for your tenacity and determination to meet the needs of so many affected families in our states. i also want to thank senator landrieu for her leadership to help craft this bill that way that has transparency and accountability and to learn from the mistakes of the past with hurricane katrina. she's worked overtime to make this bill...
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. >>> a former "new york times" editor. "living with guns" a liberal's case for the second amendment. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on booktv after words. >>> up next on c-span2, discussion on raising medicare eligibility age. later debate on how to improve the quality and safety of health care in the u.s. tomorrow a senate panel looking at computer stock trading using private exchanges. this practice is sometimes called dark pool trading because details of the trades are concealed from the public. live coverage from the senate banking security begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later in the day here on c-span2 remarks from leon panetta at the national press club. he was in afghanistan last week. live coverage 1:00 p.m. eastern. next a discussion on the possible benefits of consequences of raising the medicare eligibility age to 67. medicare's eligibility age has been discussed as part of a comprise package to reduce the federal debt and avoid the fiscal cliff. we hear from the kyeser family foundation and the allian
. >>> a former "new york times" editor. "living with guns" a liberal's case for the second amendment. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on booktv after words. >>> up next on c-span2, discussion on raising medicare eligibility age. later debate on how to improve the quality and safety of health care in the u.s. tomorrow a senate panel looking at computer stock trading using private exchanges. this practice is sometimes called dark pool trading because details...
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anyone who's been covering presidential politics and policy in washington and new york, which is that i've been doing for the last decade feels the entertainment energy in politics and public policy, but often as a dark matter. we don't fully understand how its effect dean and changing what happens on the east coast, but we have a remarkable panel of the central longtime leaders in that industry here to help explain that to me ntu. we have one regret. i'm told jim chairman apologizes for joining us today, but his gun on a creative role with an "avatar" script, which is a good excuse easyjet. i guess without further ado or that you bring the panel in the first person on here is familiar. governor short senator. [applause] governor schwarzenegger is our host at any size me not to throw if requested to him. it is somebody who's uniquely came into politics and policy can be staying at the intersection of those things is extremely active in things like this kind of starring in a new movie last: january. the next person up is frohnmayer , president of universal since 1995. [applause] and he
anyone who's been covering presidential politics and policy in washington and new york, which is that i've been doing for the last decade feels the entertainment energy in politics and public policy, but often as a dark matter. we don't fully understand how its effect dean and changing what happens on the east coast, but we have a remarkable panel of the central longtime leaders in that industry here to help explain that to me ntu. we have one regret. i'm told jim chairman apologizes for...
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. >> "new york times" critic kitty goldberg gathered photographs in history on sunday evening at 730 eastern and pacific on c-span3 american history tv. >> president obama this evening said the u.s. now recognizes the main syrian opposition group as the legitimate representative of its country's people. turkish journalism has reported that the new america foundation. two men have returned from the country into the to the west can do more to help the syrian people. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone. welcome to c-span on the audience. i am very excited about today's events. we have two people with us that have recently come from syria that are able to give us an insight on the perspective of something that is hard to come by. in the context of the syria. to my far right is mohammed ghanem, he has a bachelor's degree in english literature, as well as graduate degree in translation from damascus university. he went on to earn a degree in conflict transformation from the center of justice and peace at the eastern mennonite university in harrisburg, virginia, and he has fought
. >> "new york times" critic kitty goldberg gathered photographs in history on sunday evening at 730 eastern and pacific on c-span3 american history tv. >> president obama this evening said the u.s. now recognizes the main syrian opposition group as the legitimate representative of its country's people. turkish journalism has reported that the new america foundation. two men have returned from the country into the to the west can do more to help the syrian people....
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there appeared to be a moment in time when particularly after kathy hochul one in upstate new york. taking chris lays siege on medicare on a platform basically and it looked like that was going to be the winning argument, simply to say the republicans will end the medicare guarantee but now they are not sufficiently potent. >> on to take the modern grader at the texas book festivals prerogatiprerogati ve. one of those freshmen elected in 2010 blake farenthold from corpus christi who is an interesting guy. if you pay attention to the congressional delegation he is more interesting and more fun to write about it more fun to cover than the others. why did you pick on him and why did you pick him to write about? >> many of you who are from texas know the word farenthold a note in a different context. his grandmother the liberal icon, he did not get his politics from his grandmother. farenthold was somewhat of an accidental congressman. he ran in 2010 in the texas congressional district that includes corpus christi and at the time included brownsville. a district that was 70% hispanic. b
there appeared to be a moment in time when particularly after kathy hochul one in upstate new york. taking chris lays siege on medicare on a platform basically and it looked like that was going to be the winning argument, simply to say the republicans will end the medicare guarantee but now they are not sufficiently potent. >> on to take the modern grader at the texas book festivals prerogatiprerogati ve. one of those freshmen elected in 2010 blake farenthold from corpus christi who is an...